comic strip/little dad

With no visuals, Spiegelman’s comic strip would have been harder to understand. It would be able problem recognizing who is speaking or who is saying what. It seems as if the shaded characters are the masses. In other words, these are the ordinary people. I wouldn’t say they are middle class individuals, rather working class elderly. The characters not shaded look to be the middle class group of younger individuals. Evidently, all of them are Jews.

The images parallels with the text in the sense that the characters speaking have their own voices but the father is still the individual telling the story. In addition, the bubbles the illustrator used to enclose the text goes hand in hand with the dark gloomy theme of the comic. In each scene, there are more shaded areas than there are bright areas. This is symbolic to the time of the tragic events that the father is speaking about.

The visuals serve as the father’s flashback. As he is telling the story, the illustrator gives us visuals of what is happening. I conclude that the father is one of the characters who speak of fleeing. He could not possibly be one of the shaded characters who I assume to be all elderly. I do not assume him to be any of the generals either.

It is ironic that the father is the individual riding the bike while the son is smoking a cigarette. This all goes back to the shaded elderly characters and not shaded young characters. Based on the shaded characters reactions, the elderly were to be disposed of when they are sent to the stadium. The father gives the impression that he is afraid of getting old in fear of suffering the same fate that was to be of the elders in his flashback. He utilizes the bike as a means of remaining young.

Fresh Prince

A family of sophisticated individuals with the men dressing in a suits and ties and the woman dressing in sophisticated dresses. Then there's the individual in the front wearing Jordan sweat clothes and a huge chain. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is my fovorite television show. The picture distinctively present the difference between Will and the rest of the family. Will is a young kid who most obviously grew up in an urban community. His image in this picture suits the stereotype for the way urban individuals tend to dress. On the other hand, it is evident that Will's family is from a suburban community.

If the show was to be turned into a book, it would very well be just as power ful as the television series. The concept of the show itself is very powerful. For a young urban kid from the streets of west Philedelphia to come to a rich neighborhood and fit in is not an easy task. Will was accustomed to jeans, loud music, and tilted hats. However, throughout the seasons of the sitcom, we begin to see how the family has influenced Will and how Will influenced the family.

As a book, The Fresh Prince would most likely win some awards. Although it would not be as explicit, I think it would be a book in the calibur of Anderson's Code of the Streets. To me, it would go down as one of the greatest written books in history, depending on the author. However, I doubt that the book would be as funny as the television show. Written words can't reenact the hysterical comedy of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Journal one

I am a basketball player who also draws. Therefore, a drawing of Kobe Bryant playing basketball represents my athletic side and my creative nature. Although my talents do not compare to that of Kobe’s, I am working on becoming a better all around player. The resemblance between the drawing and the real person is the first thing that catches my eye when I look at this picture. It’s amazing how the artist captured Kobe’s physical features from his long pointy nose to his high cheek bones.

In this picture, it is obvious that Kobe is going up for a dunk. Notice how the artist captures Kobe’s movements and acrobatic position. It gives those who don’t know Kobe what type of player he is. Not in a sense of personality but rather his playing style; an over the top, agile, and athletic player. I observe the way that Kobe and other great players play and try to mimic some of their playing styles. However, I play closest to the style of Kobe’s. However as stated earlier, I am no where near as great as him.

As far as drawing, I also tend to draw my characters in motion. However, as the artist did with the portrait of Kobe in the backdrop, I like to draw a portrait of my characters standing still as well. On the contrary, I usually draw the two separately. I draw the characters in a still motion as my way of an introduction. Their motions give the audience a little insight about the character.

I retrieved this picture on Google’s image search. However the secondary source of the picture is www.streetball.com